Wheel



(Ne Model.)

G. W. HOWELL.

WHEEL.

No. 356,643. Patented Jan. 25, 1887.

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'PATE @riolen GEORGE 'W. HOVELL, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 356,643, dated January 25, 1887'.

Application filed January l1, 1885. Serial No. 155,241. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HOWELL, a resident of Covington, in the county of Kenton and Stato oi' Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful niprovenientsin Wheels, of which the following is a speciiieation.

lily invention relates,primarily, to the method of constructing wheel-lmhs,and, seoondarily,to the means for connect-ing tivo hubs together for tightening spokes. One of the objects of my invention is to employ ready means for looking the spokes in position. Another ohjeet of my invention is to construct the Wheel of parts, so that the same can he readily puttogether and tightened or taken apart for repairs, or to he shipped as a knoekdown wheel, all of which will he speeifioally set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, making apart of thisspeeiiieation, in Which- Figure 1 is alongitudinai central section of my improved loelohnb in position on the sleeve. Fig. 2 is a inodieation of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the ring. Fig. l is another modification of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the locking-disk.

A, Fig. l, represents the disk, which is pierced with a suitable orifice in the center, adapted to slip on over the sleeve 5.

B, Fig. l, represents the disk attached solidly to the huh; hut the preferred form is to have both disks loose. One of them, however, may he rigidljyy attached to the huh, and the tightening or looking all performed by the adjustment of the other disk.

a represents a series oi' notches pierced in the disk, of sufficient depth to reeeive'the necks of the spokes 2, which rest therein, and allow the .ring l to rest upon the disk and upon the periphery of the spokes, so as to look them in position on the disk.

3 represents a hea-d formed on the neek of the spokes, to prevent their being drawn ont of the look.

The shaft 5 is preferably made hollow, so as to serve as a loosing for the axle. lt, however, may he made solid, with gudgeons on the end to serve as a journal-hearing, if desired.

Thep referred forni of constructing the wheel is as follows: The spokes are seeured to the rim ofthe Wheel in any w ellknowu manner, and the necks of the series of spokes are placed inside ofthe ring l. The ring` is then seated upon the disk A with the spokes resting in the notches a., the heads of the spokes being on the inner sides of the disks, and the spokes tightened to the rirn by moving the disks outward and looking them iii position, so as to strain the spokes andthe rini.

lhave shown three modes oi looking the paris in position. In Fig. l the disk B is rigidly secured to the sleeve 5, and a screwthreaded collar, 7, is tapped upon the sleeve, with its inner end abutting against the disk A. Astfhe sore\v.collar 7 is turned downward the disk A 'is driven and spreads the neolrs of 65 the spokes 2 2 apart and strains the Wheel. lt is obvious that a similar collar may he placed upon the opposite end and the disk B slid upon the sleeve, instead of being rigidlyl connected thereto. ln Fig. 2 the looking is shown as accomplished by a iaper key, g, driven through a slot eut in the sleeve or shaft 14. This shaft is shown solid, and the end l0 represents one of thejournal-gudgeons oneaeh side of the huh of the wheel'. "in Fig. el the disk A is provided with an extended hub, l1, and an inwardly-extended hub, 12, over which the collar 7 projects, and the opposite end. is shown with a sleeve, '13, resting upon a similar huh 12, to forni the other side of the huh. In this modification the sleeve 18 holds the hnhs A in position and the collar 7 serves as an extension for the sleeve 13 as it is turned to drive one of the disks outward to strain the spokes and rim of the' Wheel.

By employing the looking-ring 1 and the notched disk A to forni the Wheel-huh in the manner deserihed several advantages are gained: first, eheapness of construction; seeond, the readiness of putting the Wheels together and taking them apart to ship the saine as knoekdown wheels; third, the spreading devices g and 7, which spread the disks A and strain the Wheel, draw the leek-ring to the `disk tantly by the engagement of the neck and' hooked portions of the spokes simultaneously with the strain, so that all lost inet-ion and.

danger of rattling is taken up hy the straining, so that l am enabled to get a readilylooking device which can he strained to take up all lost motion and draw and hold all parts rigidly together in a cheaper and heiter inan- IOO ner than wheels hitherto employed for ,this purpose.

I am aware that Wheels have heretofore been made withtwo sets of spokes having bent and headed ends, which arc engaged from Within outward with notched castings and collars carried at `the opposite ends of a connecting shaft or box, said collars being located in the outside of the spokes,which are spread or expanded by means of a nut to which one of the spoke-'supporting castings is threaded. This construction, however, I do not claim.

What I claim as my `invention is 1. A wheel-hub composed of notched disks,` a connecting-shaft, and. rings resting against shoulders formed on the pcripheries of said disks, incombination with hooked spokes engaging saidnotched disks and rings from their outer sides and having heads 3 lying against the inner sides of. said disks, the rings being confined between the disks and the necks ofthe spokes when the disks are forced apart, substantially as described.

2. AWheel composed of two notched disks, hooked spokes 2, resting in the notches of said disks, and having heads 3, bearing against the: inner sides of said disks, the locking-rings l, a sleeve or shaft connecting the disks, and a spreading device for forcing the disks apart, substantially' as described.`

3. `The combination of a sleeve or shaft 'having notched disks on its opposite ends, hooked spokes engaging said disks from the outside, locking-rings 1, located on theinner sides of the spokes and resting against shoulders formed on the peripheries of the disks, and a spreading-nut, 7, supported on the shaft or; sleeve and abutting against the r inner side of one of the notched disks, substantially as described. s

4.. A Wheehhub composed of two` notched disks and a connecting shaft or sleeve, in combination with hooked spokes engaging said notched disks from their outer sides, a locking-ring embracing the hooked ends of said f45 spokes and. securing them to the notched disks, and ascreW-collar located on the shaft or sleeve and abutting against theinner side of one of the hub-disks, substantially as der scribed. y f l In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEO;` XV? EEO'VELL. Witnesses: f

E. E.`WooD, ROBERT ZAHNER. 

